"This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask. I talk venue safety and dramatic substance, or the lack thereof. Personally, I could've done without all of last week's apotheosis of a dead fascist. Never mind the poetic justice of a right-winger being shot by another right-winger; everyone from Guv-Gav to the NY Times painted this guy as some once-in-a-generation figure."
"In reality, he was a racist, misogynist homophobe who said Black women "do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously." With people losing their jobs for calling that dead bigot a dead bigot, I once again found solace in Bay Area theatre. I made 11th-hour plans to see 'Til Death, Misfit Cabaret's one-night-only 10 th anniversary show at the Great American Music Hall."
A Bay Area theatre artist wearing an N95 mask centers venue safety and dramatic substance while responding to recent political spectacle. A widely portrayed right-wing figure actually held racist, misogynist, and homophobic views and denigrated Black women's intelligence. Job losses followed for those who labeled that figure a bigot, driving renewed refuge in local theatre. Misfit Cabaret's one-night 10th anniversary at the Great American Music Hall combined bawdy celebration, surreal satire of wedding jitters, real vow renewals, and a symbolic marriage to San Francisco. The performance affirmed commitment to community amid venue closures and uncertainty.
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